World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index: Panama

Legislation

There is no systematic declassification of documents. All material from the period before Panamanian independence (1903) is available in the central National Archives.

Location

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in located in the Casco Viejo of Panama City.

Procedures

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has an archives department that is open to researchers with a letter from a representing academic or government institution. Regulations require that an officer of the Archives Department must authorize any documents before viewing by a researcher.